I'm not here to give a review, but I've tried it and I have to say I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves a good drama/thiller set in a sci-fi universe. The game play is very engaging and challenging in its own way. In terms of character developments, you can really empathize with the protagonists. The antagonists on the other hand are all pretty bad-ass. The story is thrilling in a sense that it is unpredictable. Adds a nice taste of intrigue/mystery, which of course is unravelled as the story progresses.
Anyone tried this game yet?
What do you think of the story?
No spoilers please, in case anyone hasn't completed it yet.
I love this game! It's truely a Deus Ex game. You can play it in various ways: stealth, combat, hacker, or you can mix the styles together and improvise as you go along. If you've played DX1, then you'll feel very familiar in DXHR, and I mean VERY (mild architectural spoiler). It's like Mass Effect, only with a vastly improved dialog wheel, a cover system that is optional, fluid and adaptive to any obstacle (even self-placed ones), and regenerating health that doesn't heal you to 100% if you stick to cover for 5 seconds.
Actually... it's nothing like Mass Effect :P
I do have some problems with it:
the boss fights feel like a completely different game, and the bosses themselves don't get a lot of back story, they just appear and you kill them
interface for hacking and inventory is laggy and unresponsive (I hover over a button and the one next to it gets highlighted and pressed)
the cutscene FMVs look horrible, they look worse than the game engine sometimes and they're low resolution
the whole "conspiracy" is presented in a heavy handed and clumsy way
the way you choose the endings (no spoilers) reminds me of a game show: you get three big buttons and a host asking you "would you like to choose door number 2?"
stealthy and non-lethal approaches give you a lot more exp than going in guns blazing (I guess it's because sneaking is harder)
TIP: don't skip the credits! Watch them to the very end! DO IT!
the boss fights feel like a completely different game, and the bosses themselves don't get a lot of back story, they just appear and you kill them
True. At most, you get to read their e-mail's but it doesn't tell you much about them. It might just be me, but I swear the first boss is a final fantasy 7 reference.
interface for hacking and inventory is laggy and unresponsive (I hover over a button and the one next to it gets highlighted and pressed)
I had this problem too, sometimes ended up clicking the wrong button and had to reload -.-
TIP: don't skip the credits! Watch them to the very end! DO IT!
Noted :)
Do you think its possible to max out your character in the game? Looks quite promising at this point. I'm going non-lethal, so I find some of the abilities to be non-essential.
Do you think its possible to max out your character in the game? Looks quite promising at this point. I'm going non-lethal, so I find some of the abilities to be non-essential.
It might be possible if you maximize exp gain by hacking everything (including alarm panels and computers that you have the passcodes to), unlocking every datastore while hacking, doing a non-leathal takedown on every enemy and exploring every corner and hidden area.
I explored nearly everything and played stealthy, but shot/punched my way out if I got discovered and didn't reload to make everything perfect. I had every augmentation I really wanted by mid-game (entering the 4th city hub) and started taking stuff that I though I'd never touch (rebreather, dermal armor, emp shield - turned out they were useful :P).
By the end I had 172k total exp. This guy tried to max out and got 191k exp.
I hacked almost every terminal and took everyone down with the takedown. Pretty much got all the skill points I want as well :) I wasted alot of time reloading though.. Currently close to 190k and short of about 13 skill points to maxing out. There's still some way to go in the story, Just passed the 4th city. I'm guessing I'm nearing the end game though. A friend of mine told me he was missing about 4 skill points by end game. Since the hubs are pretty big, I found rebreather and the leg abilities really useful for running around fast.
I'm trying to achieve a perfect game lol.. I'm pretty anal with perfection =_= But is it even possible? That is the question. I can't miss a single ghost/smooth op, and once each hub is cleared, I would have to go and takedown every potential hostile without compromising the operation. 205k+ experience on my first complete run. Probably gona try for seconds for the perfect game. I'm pretty sure I missed at least 10-20K experience along the way.
I'm not here to give a review, but I've tried it and I have to say I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves a good drama/thiller set in a sci-fi universe. The game play is very engaging and challenging in its own way. In terms of character developments, you can really empathize with the protagonists. The antagonists on the other hand are all pretty bad-ass. The story is thrilling in a sense that it is unpredictable. Adds a nice taste of intrigue/mystery, which of course is unravelled as the story progresses.
Anyone tried this game yet?
What do you think of the story?
No spoilers please, in case anyone hasn't completed it yet.
I love this game! It's truely a Deus Ex game. You can play it in various ways: stealth, combat, hacker, or you can mix the styles together and improvise as you go along. If you've played DX1, then you'll feel very familiar in DXHR, and I mean VERY (mild architectural spoiler). It's like Mass Effect, only with a vastly improved dialog wheel, a cover system that is optional, fluid and adaptive to any obstacle (even self-placed ones), and regenerating health that doesn't heal you to 100% if you stick to cover for 5 seconds.
Actually... it's nothing like Mass Effect :P
I do have some problems with it:
TIP: don't skip the credits! Watch them to the very end! DO IT!
the boss fights feel like a completely different game, and the bosses themselves don't get a lot of back story, they just appear and you kill them
True. At most, you get to read their e-mail's but it doesn't tell you much about them. It might just be me, but I swear the first boss is a final fantasy 7 reference.
interface for hacking and inventory is laggy and unresponsive (I hover over a button and the one next to it gets highlighted and pressed)
I had this problem too, sometimes ended up clicking the wrong button and had to reload -.-
TIP: don't skip the credits! Watch them to the very end! DO IT!
Noted :)
Do you think its possible to max out your character in the game? Looks quite promising at this point. I'm going non-lethal, so I find some of the abilities to be non-essential.
It might be possible if you maximize exp gain by hacking everything (including alarm panels and computers that you have the passcodes to), unlocking every datastore while hacking, doing a non-leathal takedown on every enemy and exploring every corner and hidden area.
I explored nearly everything and played stealthy, but shot/punched my way out if I got discovered and didn't reload to make everything perfect. I had every augmentation I really wanted by mid-game (entering the 4th city hub) and started taking stuff that I though I'd never touch (rebreather, dermal armor, emp shield - turned out they were useful :P).
By the end I had 172k total exp. This guy tried to max out and got 191k exp.
@Tolkfan: Go
I hacked almost every terminal and took everyone down with the takedown. Pretty much got all the skill points I want as well :) I wasted alot of time reloading though.. Currently close to 190k and short of about 13 skill points to maxing out. There's still some way to go in the story, Just passed the 4th city. I'm guessing I'm nearing the end game though. A friend of mine told me he was missing about 4 skill points by end game. Since the hubs are pretty big, I found rebreather and the leg abilities really useful for running around fast.
Currently on my 2nd playthrough on hardest difficulty stealth pacifist run. Surprisingly not too difficult since I know the maps a lot better.
I'm trying to achieve a perfect game lol.. I'm pretty anal with perfection =_= But is it even possible? That is the question. I can't miss a single ghost/smooth op, and once each hub is cleared, I would have to go and takedown every potential hostile without compromising the operation. 205k+ experience on my first complete run. Probably gona try for seconds for the perfect game. I'm pretty sure I missed at least 10-20K experience along the way.
I'm sure it's possible albeit a bit frustrating. This is when quick save/loading are your best friends: f5 & f8 keys respectively.